Bandurria
String instrument | |
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Classification |
321.322 (Necked bowl lute for roundback, necked box lute for flatback) |
Playing range | |
Related instruments | |
Bandola, laúd, mandolin, octavina |
The bandurria is a
, but also found in former Spanish colonies.Instrument development
Prior to the 18th century, the bandurria had a round back, similar or related to the
The modern bandurria has 12 strings (6 pairs). The strings are tuned in unison pairs, going up in fourths from the low G#. The lowest four strings are a major-third above those of a standard guitar and the highest two strings are a fourth above a standard guitar, i.e. G♯, c♯, f♯, b, e and a.[2]
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Bandurria (front view)
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Bandurria (back view)
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Bandurria (tailpiece)
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Bandurria (tuning head)
Variations and uses in different parts of the world
Spain
Juan Ruiz first mentioned the term "mandurria" in the 14th century in his "Libro De Buen Amor." [6] After that, Juan Bermudo gave the description of the bandurria in his "Comiença el libro llamado declaraciõ de instrumentos" as a three-string instrument in 1555, but he also mentioned other types with four or even five strings. In the early 1870s, a child's wake was accompanied with the bandurria music in Jijona, Alicante Province. The zapateo, a dance derived from the Spanish zapateado and introduced by tobacco cultivators from the Canary Islands, is accompanied with bandurria and other instruments before 1900.
Philippines
The Philippine harp bandurria is a 14-string bandurria used in many Philippine folkloric songs, with 16 frets and a shorter neck than the 12-string bandurria.
South America
There are also many different varieties of bandurria in South America, especially Peru and Bolivia. They have four courses, unlike the traditional Spanish six courses.[2] The four courses are double, triple or quadruple, and the tuning is guitar-like, rather than the fourths tuning used on the Spanish type.[10] In Lima, Peru, harp and bandurria duos were common in the early 20th century. Nowadays people there still play bandurria accompanying with the popular vals peruano, or vals criollo.[6]
United Kingdom
Although generally little known in the UK, the bandurria was used by Roy Williamson of the Scottish folk-group The Corrie Folk Trio. When this group later (after the loss of one member) became The Corries, Williamson incorporated a bandurria into one of the two multi-instrument "combolins" that he constructed for himself and his partner.
Notable players and music
- Javier Mas "Tamiz".[11]
- Rick Walker, a British musician, played this instrument on the song 'A Twilight Zone' by the artist Aim.
See also
- Rondalla
- Laúd
- Octavina
- Music in the Philippines
- Music of Peru
- Music of Spain
- Stringed instrument tunings
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-816302-9.
- ^ a b c "B". Stringed Instrument Database. 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Death of Henry E. Abbey; The Well-Known Manager's Long Career Closed. The New York Times. October 18, 1896. Column 3" (PDF).
- ^ Sparks 2003, p. 23–29
- ^ Music and Society in 19th-Century Nueva Granada and Colombia. The bandola and its History Through Iconographic Sources (1850-1900) by Egberto Bermúdez, pages 158, 160, 161
- ^ a b Schecter, John (2007). "Bandurria". Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online ed.). Oxford University Press. .
- ^ "Banduriya". philippinelanguages.com.
[language] Hiligaynon
- ^ "The Stringed Instrument Database: Index". stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Banduria late 19th–early 20th century Philippine". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ^ "South America". ATLAS of Plucked Instruments. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ASIN B0018BUBNQ.
Bibliography
- Sparks, Paul (2003). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195173376.